That We Might Never Meet Again
That We Might Never Meet Again by Philip Robinson is a first novel published by Faber in 2005, featuring 199 pages in English. This edition presents a narrative that explores the complexities of human relationships set against the backdrop of an isolated community. The story begins with Michael, an artist commissioned to paint a portrait of Lord Palmer on the remote estate of Inchnamactaire. As Michael seeks to mend his strained marriage with Lucia, unexpected tensions arise with the arrival of the community’s Head Gardener, leading to a series of unsettling events.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as the pastoral and the pagan, as well as the darker aspects of the human soul. The novel delves into Michael’s interactions with Lord Palmer’s daughter, Magda, and the intricate dynamics between the estate’s residents and their natural surroundings. With a focus on lust, betrayal, and deception, this work invites reflection on the delicate balance between humanity and nature, culminating in a haunting conclusion that resonates with the reader.
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A first novel of extraordinary beauty and intensity, That We Might Never Meet Again is a celebration of the pastoral and the pagan within us all – and a journey through the shadows of the human soul.
Set within an isolated community, Philip Robinson’s debut novel opens with the arrival of Michael, an artist, who has been commissioned to paint a portrait of Lord Palmer, owner of the remote estate of Inchnamactaire – the island of the wolf. Escape from London and its attendant distractions, should have proved just the tonic to repair Michael’s wounded relationship with his wife, Lucia, but best-laid plans soon turn rotten with the arrival of the community’s Head Gardener. As events take on an increasingly menacing nature, Michael’s relationship with Lord Palmer’s daughter, the spirit of the local landscape, Magda, threatens to disturb the strange but delicate balance between residents of the estate and nature. With a keen sense of the horror that lurks within us all, and a remarkably subtle touch, this elegiac novel works towards an inevitable, terrible denouement.
A hymn to the natural world and the virtues of time which will beguile and disturb the reader in equal measure, That We Might Never Meet Again is a novel of lust, betrayal, deception and violence by a writer of rare imaginative talents.
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